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                                         m.esteghamat 
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                                             Posted - 2014-11-23 : 07:43:33
                                            
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                                            | Hi1- I Have a Table in server 12- I Created All Object related for Encryption in server 1   - master key   - Certificate   -Symmetric key3- I Inserted Table's data To server 2 (and Encrypetd 1 Column of It.)4- in server 2 I Created The same objects with the same passwords5- When I select From That table in server 2, That column is null OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY SymmetricKey1 DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE Certificate1	select 			[ElementTitle],[ElementRef],			CONVERT(varchar, DecryptByKey(ElementValue)) as ElementValue,ElementValue,			[ElementType],[LoanInitValue],[LoanRemValue],[Sequence] from fts.dbo.adm_TableP_AllPersCLOSE SYMMETRIC KEY SymmetricKey1Please HelpThank you | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     m.esteghamat 
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                                            Posted - 2014-11-25 : 04:52:59
                                          
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                                          | Hi againThis is All My commands. Please help me :------------------------------------------------- In server 1 -- Step 1 - Create Encryption Objects CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY    PASSWORD = '123'   GOCREATE CERTIFICATE PayFishCert  ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123' WITH SUBJECT = 'Pay Column'CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY PayFishSymm    WITH ALGORITHM = DES    ENCRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE PayFishCert;GO-- Step 2- Backup Encryption Objects BACKUP MASTER KEY TO FILE = 'f:\EncryptBackup\MASTERKEY' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123';BACKUP CERTIFICATE PayFishCert TO FILE = 'f:\EncryptBackup\PayFishCert.cer'WITH PRIVATE KEY (FILE = 'f:\EncryptBackup\PayFishCert.pvk' ,ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123',DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123');GO-- Step 3- Encrypt a column in server 1	OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY PayFishSymm	DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE PayFishCert 	WITH PASSWORD = '123';	Update adm_TableP_AllPers		Set [ElementValue] = EncryptByKey(Key_GUID('PayFishSymm'),ElementValue) -- Step 4- Check For Decryption in server 1   OPEN SYMMETRIC KEY PayFishSymm      DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE PayFishCert       WITH PASSWORD = '123';      select [PersId],[PersCode],[FullName],[Year],[Month],[AccNo],[CostCenter],[WorkLoc],		[ElementTitle],[ElementRef],	CONVERT(VARCHAR, DecryptByKey([Elementvalue])) AS 'ElementValue',	[ElementType],[LoanInitValue],[LoanRemValue],[Sequence] from adm_TableP_AllPers-- All Things is ok -- Step 5- Copy Data of this Table To Server 2   Insert into server2.mydb.dbo.adm_TableP_AllPers  select * from adm_TableP_AllPers  --but in server 2------------------------------------------------- In server 2  Use mydb-- Step 1  - Restore Encryption Objects--Drop Master Key	restore master key from file = 'e:\EncryptionBackup\MASTERKEY'  	decryption by password = '123'	encryption by password = '123'OPEN MASTER KEY DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123' ALTER MASTER KEY REGENERATE WITH ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123';CLOSE MASTER KEYCREATE CERTIFICATE PayFishCert FROM FILE = 'e:\EncryptionBackup\PayFishCert.cer'WITH PRIVATE KEY (FILE = 'e:\EncryptionBackup\PayFishCert.pvk',DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123', ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '123');GOCREATE SYMMETRIC KEY PayFishSymm    WITH ALGORITHM = DES    ENCRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE PayFishCert; -- Step 2 -- Open Symmetric and Read dataOPEN SYMMETRIC KEY PayFishSymm   DECRYPTION BY CERTIFICATE PayFishCert    WITH PASSWORD = '123';     select [PersId],[PersCode],[FullName],[Year],[Month],[AccNo],[CostCenter],[WorkLoc],		[ElementTitle],[ElementRef],	   CONVERT(VARCHAR, DecryptByKey([Elementvalue])) AS 'ElementValue',	[ElementType],[LoanInitValue],[LoanRemValue],[Sequence] from adm_TableP_AllPersUnfortunatly show Empty Column in ElementValueI Think this is a tip on backup and restore Encryption Objects.   | 
                                         
                                        
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